- Date
- January 18, 1985, 13:15 local (19:15 UTC)
- Place
- Wa Keeney, KS
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5590HPiper PA-20
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850118001229A
- Case key
- 33910
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Acft touched down left of centerline. Left main gear contacted slush on the rwy and the acft swerved into a 2 to 3 ft snowbank alongside the rwy. Plt stated, 'the rwy was plenty clear and the accident would not have happened if the plane had been kept on the center line or close to it.'
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5590H
- Reported as
- Piper PA-20
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20-653
- Airframe hours
- 2,302
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290-D, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Loren F. Sizelove
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 5, 1985 · 2 hours before
- Departed
- OK67 · Laverne, OK
- Destination
- 7KS1 · Wa Keeney, KS
- Airport
- 7KS1 · Wa Keeney/Trego, runway 5, 2,700 × 50 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 26
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 135 total · 35 in this make and model · 86 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 6,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 43 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GDL, 100 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N5590H · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.